Kidder Township

October 02, 1993|The Morning Call

Vehicle fire -- Reported by James L. Soreth, 49, of Perkasie; state police at Pocono said his truck pulling a utility trailer caught fire near milepost 69.5 while he was northbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 11:05 a.m. Thursday; transmission wires overheated and caused the blaze, which was doused by state police and a turnpike safety officer.